Birdface Lisa Pitches Grilled Chicken

What happens when you cross a bird with a famous art painting?

Why, it's Mona Lisa wearing a beak on a Pollo Tropical billboard on wheels.

I saw this one while cycling on Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa.

Bike Lanes From Around The World

The Huffington Post offered up a slew of bicycle lanes from around the country.

Can't wait until the city of Tampa implements a few of them.

Lance Peddles Michelob Ultra

One of the Super Bowl commercials today showed Lance Armstrong doing a Michelob Ultra ad.

That's one of several TV commercials that have highlighted the bicycle.

Biking The Bridges Of Tampa Bay

On this cool and dry afternoon in Tampa Bay, I renewed the 4-Bridge Bike Ride, a 57-mile tour of spans with a line-up offering the Courtney Campbell Causeway, the Bayside Bridge, the Gandy Bridge and a bridge of my choice over the Hillsborough River in Tampa. On top of the Courtney Campbell Causeway. Note the narrow shoulder.


Not too many people bike across the causeway. That's too bad. The cycling along the frontage road is gorgeous along the edge of the Bay.


Bridge no. 2 -- Bayside Bridge in Clearwater.


Bridge no. 3 -- the Gandy.


The Gandy shoulder is fine for me.


Our fourth and final bridge -- North Boulevard bridge near Blake High School, just north of the University of Tampa.


Looking south on the Hillsborough River.


Is this a football town? Twenty minutes before the Super Bowl and Hillsborough Avenue is practically barren.


A park along the Hillsborough River when I returned to Seminole Heights. I dedicated today's bike ride in the memory of the Rev. Donald Muehlnickel, who passed this morning. Donald is the dad of my friend Grace Houck and the father-in-law of my compatriot, Jeff Houck. Donald was a sweet man who loved his family and who I got to know through Houck family gatherings at the holidays.

RIP Donald.

Cycling In Tampa Bay; Blizzard In Metro Baltimore

It's cool and windy this afternoon in the Tampa Bay area. It's dry, too, so I'll be cycling this afternoon. But there's no complaints here when my sister sends this photo showing a sbow blizzard in metro Baltimore.

Putting The Family Back In The Family Ride

This morning, the Seminole Heights Bicycle Club's Family Ride drew 16 riders and kids -- and the family was back in Family Ride.

We had three cyclists with kids carriers on their bikes, and a fourth with a trailer.

Cool and clear, the weather was perfect for a jaunt through the Seminole Heights Bicycle Club ride.

Good Morning From 22nd Street Park

Shhhh, don't tell anyone about this park -- it's the undiscovered gem of Tampa.